Windows Vista - Absolutely awful (I use it every day and it is an utter misery,) when compared to the expectations of the day probably the worst OS ever made).

So obviously now - post Vista - its a good time to buy a new PC or upgrade your OS

What exactly is causing you utter misery? Please provide specifics in comparison to what in Windows 7 would reduce your pain and suffering. Would it be the slightly improved Aero glass or the simplified taskbar? Is the the lack of a new logo that causes you stress?

I would like to think that OSnews readers are a little more astute and are aware Windows 7 is mostly a service pack and a marketing campaign. However it seems that half the people here would have fallen for the Mojave experiment.

Ok Specific. Me and gonefishing tried to setup a printer on Vista the other day. HP Laserjet P4015N.

It was a pain to setup. Vista kept on crashing. Spooling was taking an age! Vista would not work with the vista driver supported.

About to give up and downloaded another Vista driver from HP. Now after 15minutes of install this driver finally it worked!

Why did it not work with the other driver? Why everytime we restarted the print spooler to empty the que did vista freeze up and have to hit the reset button? Why did it take 15 minutes to install a driver that was 15 meg?

Ok Specific. Me and gonefishing tried to setup a printer on Vista the other day. HP Laserjet P4015N.

It was a pain to setup. Vista kept on crashing. Spooling was taking an age! Vista would not work with the vista driver supported.

About to give up and downloaded another Vista driver from HP. Now after 15minutes of install this driver finally it worked!

Why did it not work with the other driver? Why everytime we restarted the print spooler to empty the que did vista freeze up and have to hit the reset button? Why did it take 15 minutes to install a driver that was 15 meg?

You tell me if this is acceptable performance!

Wow, sounds like a problem you should be complaining to HP about

Seriously though, printer drivers and associated "management" software have become some of the worst software I've ever seen...

Ok Specific. Me and gonefishing tried to setup a printer on Vista the other day. HP Laserjet P4015N.

It was a pain to setup. Vista kept on crashing. Spooling was taking an age! Vista would not work with the vista driver supported.

About to give up and downloaded another Vista driver from HP. Now after 15minutes of install this driver finally it worked!

Why did it not work with the other driver? Why everytime we restarted the print spooler to empty the que did vista freeze up and have to hit the reset button? Why did it take 15 minutes to install a driver that was 15 meg?

You tell me if this is acceptable performance!

Why is this the fault of Vista and not HP? I always try to download and install the driver directly first before messing with any wizards. In fact when installing a printer with Vista or 7 you should always just plug in the usb cable first to see if Windows recognizes it. I've installed over a dozen printers in Vista so I really don't think the problem is its printer management system. It sounds like you loaded some HP crapware that didn't run properly. Some of the worst install wizards I have ever used were from HP. D-link is pretty bad too. Oh and don't get me started on the crap that Sony comes up with.

You said you use Vista every day in 'utter misery' and didn't explain this other than a printer problem you had which can happen with any OS. At the very least you should explain how the experience was improved in Windows 7.

Most of the complaints before SP1 centered around opengl and network transfer performance. Complaints related to printers had more to do with unsupported devices. I see no reason to believe that Vista has more of a problem with printing than XP or 7.